Here is a quick round up of the Finals scores of the French Open. So many players had the tournaments of their lives, but the real standout performance has to be Rafael Nadal yet again! Mens Singles Final: Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt. Robin Soderling (SWE) = 6-4 6-2 6-4 Womens Singles Final: Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [...]

The Tennis Channel will be offering free live and on-demand broadband streams, with over 125 matches and 200 hours of play during the first 10 days for the French Open. Visitors to the network’s site, www.tennischannel.com, will be able to view any one of five courts for the first eight days of the event, followed [...]

Don’t count defending champion Roger Federer and four-time winner Justine Henin among fans of a proposal to hold the French Open outside Paris beginning in 2016. Gilbert Ysern, general director of the French tennis federation, told a news conference Saturday relocating the clay-court Grand Slam from Roland Garros is being considered because it needs more [...]

Ernests Gulbis was a player everyone was talking about at this years French Open. The young latvian was an outsider to do really well, but in a first day shock he has been elimintated. Gulbis was 2 sets to love down and retired injured. Ernests hurt his right leg in the match against Julien Benneteau [...]

This has to be one of the best photoshoots Rafael Nadal has ever done. This shoot took place at the Molitor, which is an abandoned swimming pool near Roland Garros. Im a big fan of the graffiti on the walls, very cool! More shots over at the Roland Garros site.

Oh the life of a professional tennis player must be fun. Novak Djokovic has to be a player who is enjoying his time as a professional tennis player the most. Djokovic always seems to be making jokes and doing funny ads and more. I would love to hang out with him on tour and just [...]

Svetlana Kuznetsova’s 6-4 6-2 drubbing of a tight Dinara Safina in the French Open final served as a particularly unfitting conclusion to what was one of the most enjoyable majors in recent years.  Coming back from a relatively bland 2008 edition, where the story of choice was who wasn’t playing, the 2009 event was at [...]

Robin Soderling (23) vs Nikolay Davydenko (10) = This is going to be a great match. Robin Soderling beat four time reigning champion Rafael Nadal in four sets in the previous round and Davydenko defeated Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. I think Robin will be still on a high from his last victory, so it [...]

As we mentioned in the French Open preview here on The Tennis Times there is always a big upset at Roland Garros. This year at the French Open was no different with Philipp Kohlschreiber the number 29 seed defeating World No. 4 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros [...]

Ana Ivanovic is optimistic about defending her French Open title, saying on Thursday that a niggling knee injury had died down. “Thankfully the pain and inflammation in my knee has gone away so I have been able to practice this week,” the Serbian said. “My timing is pretty good at the moment and I’m optimistic [...]

John Isner has pulled out of the French Open starting tomorrow cause of illness. Isner accepted a wildcard into the event by winning a qualifying tournament held by the U.S. Tennis association. The USTA has now returned the wildcard slot to the French tennis federation, which has since handed the wildcard to world number 310 [...]

The French Open 2009 will be starting in less than one day at Roland Garros, but who actually stands a chance of winning and who might as well of stayed home! Raphael Nadal is of course the king of the clay and he will be very hard to beat this year. Rafael lost last week [...]

Fabrice Santoro, nicknamed the Magician for his habit of mystifying bigger and stronger opponents, is proudly preparing to open his bag of tricks for his 20th and final French Open show. The Frenchman, who will retire at the end of the year, will extend his record of appearances at grand-slam events to 67 in the [...]

One of the best players I have seen on clay back in the day was Guillermo Canas. Today Guillermo played the French Open qualifying tournament at Roland Garros, but he has been bundled out in the first round by Paolo Lorenzi 6-4 7-6. It is a real shame to see this great player unable to [...]

The second major of the year is already upon us as qualifying for the French Open gets underway today.  With just a few days to go until main draw play begins this Sunday, all the talk on the men’s side is about Rafael Nadal’s quest for his 5th consecutive French title and whether Federer or [...]

Kei Nishikori of Japan is withdrawing from the French Open because of an injured right elbow. Nishikori has not played since losing in the first round at Indian Wells, Calif., in March. He was honored as the ATP’s newcomer of the year for 2008, in part because of his run to the fourth round of [...]

After a great Wimbledon exhibition match Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf are schedule to now compete in another exhibition match on Saturday the 6th of June at Roland Garros. The famous couple will be playing on Court 7 at 11am. If you are heading to Roland Garros make sure you dont miss this match! The [...]

Incredible tennis was played at the Masters tournament in Madrid. The biggest names of tennis gave their all to win the tournament, but only one man can walk away with this coveted title. Worlds top three players played semifinal and the two kings of ATP faced eached other in the final!  In the semifinals, Rafa Nadal showed [...]

22 years old Spaniard tennis player Rafael Nadal  during a tournament in Madrid said that men’s calendar is overloaded. World’s number one played 14 matches in 3 weeks so he could win clay tournaments in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome as well as the final in Madrid. But, he emphasized that he is more then ready another [...]

The wildcards for the 2009 French Open have been decided. There are a few suprises and it is great to see that the wildcards are going to up and coming talent as well as some older campaigners. Mens Wildcards: Gaston Gaudio Bernard Tomic John Isner Adrian Mannarino Josselin Ouanna Laurent Recouderc Guillaume Rufin Alexandre Siderenko [...]